# No, No, No! (November rantings) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 1, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385 "2017-11-01T14:48:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/101 "2017-11-09T13:37:54Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Ah, thermostats. There’s one just outside my office - I’m not sure how much of the building it controls, but I know that someone set it for 69° and it was freekin’ FREEZING in here this morning, with cold air still blowing. Meanwhile, it’s in the low 40s and rainy outside. > > I’m sitting here in a heavy sweater (yes, I bumped the a/c up to 73°) and my office mate, who never complains about cold, was complaining about cold. He was afraid to change the setting. Screw that!! > > I don’t mind wearing a sweater, but when my hands get frosty, there’s my limit. I don’t type in gloves, thanks… My hands are freezing too, even though I’ve been holding multiple cups of coffee. I used to have a collection of fingerless gloves so I could type/cook/whatever, but they’ve since all disappeared… I swear, whoever designed our house made no correlation between window and HVAC placement. The older part of the house (where I am now) has in-wall radiators _underneath_ the windows. WTH?!? If you turn on the heat it just goes up and out…?!? The addition has baseboard which is better but still has its quirks. I mean, here in the living room, the only place to put the couch is against the long wall where the radiator is… ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/102 "2017-11-09T15:12:27Z")
According to my phone, it’s 51 outside now, with an expected high of 52. So of course the office A/C is cycling as if it’s mid-July. :rolleyes: The thermostat is near my desk, but if I jump out there now to adjust it I risk getting the “women are always freezing” comments from certain coworkers, so I’ll wait until lunch to deal with it. I’ve already been to the restroom twice to run hot water on my hands. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/103 "2017-11-09T15:54:30Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I don’t mind wearing a sweater, but when my hands get frosty, there’s my limit. I don’t type in gloves, thanks… Accurate drawings and thick, USB powered heated gloves do not go well together. Somebody email/text/tweet Al Gore and tell him to bump up his heated pool a few degrees, they are talking single digets Saturday morning here. Water should be a liquid! ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/104 "2017-11-09T17:44:26Z")
Oh my god, I fucking haaaaaaaaaate the new Dr. Who’s outfit. And I don’t even watch Dr. Who. OBVIOUSLY the production team really hates having a female Doctor, so they’re dressing her like a clown. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/105 "2017-11-09T17:55:18Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Oh my god, I fucking haaaaaaaaaate the new Dr. Who’s outfit. And I don’t even watch Dr. Who. > > OBVIOUSLY the production team really hates having a female Doctor, so they’re dressing her like a clown. I like Doctor Who. I like that they’re making references to outfits worn by previous doctors. But I agree, they did a bad job of putting them together. It \*does \*look like a clown’s outfit. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/106 "2017-11-09T21:48:21Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I like Doctor Who. I like that they’re making references to outfits worn by previous doctors. But I agree, they did a bad job of putting them together. It \*does \*look like a clown’s outfit. :mad: I thought she looks like Mork. Nanoo Nanoo! ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/107 "2017-11-09T22:57:45Z")
> [@Boggette](#): > > I thought she looks like Mork. Nanoo Nanoo! A bit. But both the stripes and the suspenders are placed in such a way that they draw attention to some, errr, salient points. Not sure if that was intentional or not, but if it was, I disapprove. Frankly, I liked the hoody/coat combo better. ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/108 "2017-11-09T23:45:02Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Oh my god, I fucking haaaaaaaaaate the new Dr. Who’s outfit. And I don’t even watch Dr. Who. > > OBVIOUSLY the production team really hates having a female Doctor, so they’re dressing her like a clown. At least she doesn’t have a [stick of celery on her lapel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Fifth_Doctor_%28Doctor_Who%29.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/109 "2017-11-10T00:43:01Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Oh my god, I fucking haaaaaaaaaate the new Dr. Who’s outfit. And I don’t even watch Dr. Who. > > OBVIOUSLY the production team really hates having a female Doctor, so they’re dressing her like a clown. They’re dressing her like Colin Baker’s Doctor? _checks internet_ Yep, that’s the look they were going for. Ye gods. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/110 "2017-11-10T19:59:25Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > People always talk like a root canal is the worst dental procedure…in my experience, a root canal is a damn walk in the park compared to a crown. It was a month between the placement of the temporary and the installation of the permanent crown, and I was pretty much in constant pain (which was dismissed as “oh, your bite is off”). And for some reason, the tech decided it would be a great idea to rinse the permanent crown with ice cold water…the pain from that didn’t wear off until the next day. > > Fraudulent iPad update: as expected, a FedEx driver showed up yesterday with return labels that would have delivered the iPad to an address in Brooklyn. The driver was actually familiar with this type of scam, and was already a bit suspicious of the labels because the word “Apple” had been randomly inserted after the address. This is incredibly reassuring (not the part about someone scamming you - I’m glad things worked out 🙂 ). Today is the first day since the 30th that I’v been more than 24 hours without advil. I had no idea it was going to last that long. And god forbid you google it - that yielded all kinds of dire warnings about tooth extractions, root canals and other procedures sure to happen if it still hurt. I’m sure that now that I’ve scoffed at that, I’ll be having a root canal followed by a tooth extraction within the year. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/111 "2017-11-10T23:56:01Z")
People who cook fish in office break room microwaves should be condemned to eat nothing but surströmming and hákarl for the next five weeks while they sit in solitary confinement. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/112 "2017-11-13T19:01:43Z")
Mini-rants are not allowed to fall off the front page! Come-on people, bitch about something! How about-people who use too many hyphens in their posts?? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/113 "2017-11-13T19:06:46Z")
> [@Kelevra](#): > > Mini-rants are not allowed to fall off the front page! Come-on people, bitch about something! > How about-people who use too many hyphens in their posts?? I’m no closer to having a job than I was at the end of August. And it is bloody amazing how many people think I’d be willing to apply to a 3-month contract in, say, Austin, Texas, or someplace in Idaho when I live close to Philadelphia. I’m beginning to wonder if I should consider relocation, but I \*like \*where I live, and my bookcases are all built-ins. (How’s that?) ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/114 "2017-11-13T19:36:50Z")
Very good **Morgyn**! I recommend you move, but cut your bookcases out of the walls. Give the next owner something to rant about. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/115 "2017-11-13T20:54:05Z")
You want a mini rant? I’ll give you one… I’m currently watching one particular documentary series about air crash investigation, and two things about it are driving me batty: Please, PLEASE, lose the computer blips and beeps sound effects—that was cool back in 1985, but we all know no computers sound like that. And please stop modeling office environments after CSI; real offices have plenty of overhead lighting and no transparent whiteboards. That kind of stuff is passable in a fictional universe like the CSI shows, but not in a documentary. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/116 "2017-11-13T21:04:58Z")
I have a job searching rant: About a month ago an external recruiter put me in for a position with a consulting company that does federal contracts. They interviewed me and a week later I got a phone call from the recruiter saying that they heard from the client that they liked me and wanted to offer me the position. A few days later I got an automated email rejection from the client agency. Figuring it was just a miscommunication, I called the recruiter to inquire. They investigated and called me back to confirm: the client had selected me for the job and then selected someone else also and marked me as rejected. My recruiter said she didn’t get any details of why they did that but she reassured me that she read them the riot act. Based on the quick timeline she thinks they were just being jerks (internal miscommunication and not caring about external impacts). Oh, so my rant is: I hate job searching! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/117 "2017-11-13T23:53:07Z")
We had our Thanksgiving potluck at work today. The organizers of the event seem to be under the impression that ‘cranberry congeal salad’ is exactly the same as a small carton of whole berry cranberry sauce, and how dare I show up with cranberry sauce when Betty has been showing up with ‘congeal salad’ for years, and kids today just don’t appreciate ‘congeal salads,’ and we don’t need more cranberry stuff because Betty’s ‘congeal salad’ is enough for the whole company. 😑 > [@overlyverbose](#): > > And god forbid you google it - that yielded all kinds of dire warnings about tooth extractions, root canals and other procedures sure to happen if it still hurt. My first experience with this was somewhat pre-internet, when I had my wisdom teeth extracted…I had nothing but horror stories from friends (including the one who swallowed so much blood that she spent the whole night throwing up), then had to watch the disclaimer video in the oral surgeon’s office that went on and on about how many ways you can die from the procedure. :eek: > [@Catamount](#): > > People who cook fish in office break room microwaves should be condemned to eat nothing but surströmming and hákarl for the next five weeks while they sit in solitary confinement. PREACH IT!!! ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/118 "2017-11-14T16:50:32Z")
My dog got skunked last night. Holy hell that fresh skunk smell - like gasoline and sulfur. He came running in through the doggie door drooling, sneezing, one eye shut. I got him into the tub and washed his face with luke-warm water, then a baking soda slurry, then more water. He’s fine now, but he still smells nasty, more like classic skunk™. I fear I may have lost the area rug in the entry, he kind of rubbed his face on it when he came in. I got some enzyme skunk smell stuff on the way in to work, but have to wait until the end of the day to see if it will help. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/119 "2017-11-14T17:00:03Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > My hands are freezing too, even though I’ve been holding multiple cups of coffee. I used to have a collection of fingerless gloves so I could type/cook/whatever, but they’ve since all disappeared… > > I swear, whoever designed our house made no correlation between window and HVAC placement. The older part of the house (where I am now) has in-wall radiators _underneath_ the windows. WTH?!? If you turn on the heat it just goes up and out…?!? The addition has baseboard which is better but still has its quirks. > > I mean, here in the living room, the only place to put the couch is against the long wall where the radiator is… For those with cold hands - Buy a halogen desk/reading lamp. If you can get an adjustable one, you can point it anywhere and your hands/keyboard will be toasty. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385/120 "2017-11-14T19:02:58Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I’m no closer to having a job than I was at the end of August. And it is bloody amazing how many people think I’d be willing to apply to a 3-month contract in, say, Austin, Texas, or someplace in Idaho when I live close to Philadelphia. My husband was told by two different recruiters that if he wasn’t willing to do out of state 3-6 month contracts he’s shooting his career in the foot. Been there, done that. He never wants to do it again. But it seems like contracting is the way his industry is going ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-november-rantings/800385.md?page=7)